{"id":2638,"date":"2026-09-22T10:15:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.caucasusheritage.arts.cornell.edu\/?post_type=heritage_site&p=2638"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:36:36","slug":"genocide-memorial","status":"publish","type":"heritage_site","link":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/?heritage_site=genocide-memorial","title":{"rendered":"Genocide Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Genocide Memorial<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
Destroyed<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Memorial<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
\"Genocide<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Before Image Date: July 14, 2025<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Impact Image Date: April 25, 2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Erected in 2015 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the memorial was a white marble bell tower at the end of a modest open plaza. The structure housed a reliquary containing human remains from Der Zor -\u2014 the Syrian desert town where hundreds of thousands of Armenians perished in 1915. Satellite imagery from Airbus and Planet shows that the monument, as well as the associated memorial complex, were destroyed between October 12, 2025 and April 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Coordinates: 39.811341, 46.760650<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Impact year: 2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Mission 14<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
CHW Monitoring <\/span>Report 09<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Site date: 21st c.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
More Information \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\"Genocide<\/div><\/div>\n\n
Image Metadata: August 15, 2015<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Photo credit: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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